Game Notes: Grant Starts Fast, Stays Productive

CHICAGO - Ryan Grant knew before the game started that he was getting the ball on the offense's first play.

If he keeps doing what he did Sunday, he can count on getting the call right away every week.

On the Packers' first offensive snap, Grant busted through a hole on the left side and went 62 yards for an early touchdown that helped propel the Packers to a 21-14 victory over the Bears in Chicago.

The run was Grant's longest since a 66-yarder back in December of 2007, also here at Soldier Field on a nearly identical first-quarter play. It also marked the first time, according to Elias Sports Bureau, that the Packers scored a touchdown on their first offensive play from scrimmage since Nov. 1, 1998, on an 80-yard pass to Antonio Freeman at Lambeau Field.

"It's always good to start like that, start fast," said Grant, who went on to rush for 137 yards on 20 carries, with two touchdowns. "It revs up the sideline, revs up the defense. I'll take that e..